Louisiana Department of Transportation

Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development - Tue December 12, 2023

Site Work Has Begun On La.'s $361M Jimmie Davis Bridge Over Red River

Preliminary site work has started on a multi-million-dollar project to build a new Jimmie Davis Bridge for La. Highway 511 across the Red River connecting Bossier and Caddo Parishes, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced Dec....

Louisiana DOTD - Thu June 16, 2022

Louisiana Road Project to Help Drivers in Busy Ascension Parish

Shawn D. Wilson, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), was joined by other state and local officials June 10 to celebrate the start of construction of an expansion of Louisiana Highway 44, including a roundabout project, in Ascension Parish....

CEG - Thu October 08, 2020

Planning Inches Forward on New Span Over Mighty Mississippi

Louisiana officials say there is small progress being made in getting a new bridge over the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge. The Capital Area Road and Bridge District (CARBD), a seven-member panel, met Sept....

CEG - Wed October 07, 2020

Contractors Serve as First Responders After Hurricane

Contractors, equipment dealers and the heavy equipment they provide are infrastructure's first responders when natural disasters hit. When Hurricane Laura made landfall in Louisiana on Aug. 27 as a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 150 mph., its destructive path reached the eastern Gulf Coast and made its way as far north as Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee....

Louisiana DOTD - Tue June 02, 2020

Shreveport Overpass to Be Repaired Following April Train Derailment

In the wake of a train derailment on April 24, repair crews in Shreveport, La., have been standing by to fix and strengthen a key vehicle overpass damaged during the accident. The affected bridge carries traffic along northbound Louisiana Route 1, also known as Spring Street....

Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed March 25, 2020

Years After Hurricane Harvey, Dam Still Under Repair

Hurricane Harvey caused extensive damage in Texas and Louisiana during August 2017, including major devastation to the Vernon Lake dam and spillway in Vernon, La., which is the subject of a $1 million Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) repair project....

Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Mon January 27, 2020

Phase 3 of Interstate 10 Widening Project Under Way in Louisiana

The third phase of a much-needed, long overdue project to widen Louisiana's Interstate 10 in Lafayette and St. Martin's parishes got under way in November. It's part of a $300 million project ongoing since 2017....

Cindy Riley - Mon August 28, 2017

Crews Work Around the Clock on I-49

A $176 million project that began in 2014 is inching closer to completion in north Caddo Parish, La. Construction on I-49 North Segment K is being performed in two phases, based on the size and scope of the assignment....

Emily Buenzle - Thu August 17, 2017

Louisiana DOT Finalizes $72M Highway Expansion Plans

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced a contract to widen I-10 has been signed, and the notice to proceed has been issued, Aug. 16. The $72 million project, which has been contracted to James Construction Group LLC, will widen the road from four lanes to six east of Highland Road to the LA 73 interchange and will replace the LA 42 overpass structures....